Summer
#151 for girls in 2025, 1,973 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 2,447 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 91,321since 1949
Summer over time
Rank among girls' names. Summer has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #151 | 1,973 | — | |
| 2024 | #142 | 2,077 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #141 | 1,971 | — | |
| 2022 | #152 | 1,876 | — | |
| 2021 | #141 | 1,961 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #151 | 1,815 | — | |
| 2019 | #178 | 1,642 | — | |
| 2018 | #199 | 1,553 | — | |
| 2017 | #219 | 1,411 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #200 | 1,606 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #193 | 1,692 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #182 | 1,781 | #5,485 | 16 |
| 2013 | #186 | 1,734 | — | |
| 2012 | #175 | 1,781 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #173 | 1,817 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #163 | 1,888 | — | |
| 2009 | #174 | 1,903 | — | |
| 2008 | #169 | 1,959 | — | |
| 2007 | #159 | 2,252 | — | |
| 2006 | #152 | 2,261 | — | |
| 2005 | #140 | 2,412 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #140 | 2,333 | #3,368 | 28 |
| 2003 | #153 | 2,212 | — | |
| 2002 | #151 | 2,213 | — | |
| 2001 | #142 | 2,314 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #145 | 2,339 | — | |
| 1999 | #136 | 2,337 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #131 | 2,558 | — | |
| 1997 | #131 | 2,480 | — | |
| 1996 | #137 | 2,345 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #153 | 2,124 | — | |
| 1994 | #141 | 2,239 | — | |
| 1993 | #180 | 1,617 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #254 | 1,102 | — | |
| 1991 | #286 | 984 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #271 | 1,021 | — | |
| 1989 | #288 | 910 | — | |
| 1988 | #258 | 986 | — | |
| 1987 | #247 | 1,042 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #230 | 1,127 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #225 | 1,166 | — | |
| 1984 | #215 | 1,212 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #216 | 1,166 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #211 | 1,262 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #179 | 1,544 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #159 | 1,754 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #150 | 1,861 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #143 | 1,917 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #119 | 2,447 | #2,270 | 20 |
| 1976 | #227 | 1,072 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #299 | 784 | — | |
| 1974 | #533 | 314 | — | |
| 1973 | #752 | 184 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #724 | 197 | — | |
| 1971 | #863 | 156 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,168 | 99 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,259 | 79 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,678 | 48 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,702 | 45 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,022 | 33 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,204 | 29 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,071 | 33 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,952 | 36 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,955 | 35 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,246 | 27 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,458 | 22 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,341 | 22 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,502 | 18 | — | |
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| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Summer! It came in at #5,244, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1949–1951, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Summer is popular in 1973
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oregon#312 · 1 in 1,759
- Colorado#344 · 1 in 1,956
- California#386 · 1 in 2,144
- Arizona#397 · 1 in 2,112
- Oklahoma#436 · 1 in 3,076
Best ever in a state: #24 in Hawaii, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #312 | 7 | 1 in 1,759 |
| Colorado | #344 | 8 | 1 in 1,956 |
| California | #386 | 61 | 1 in 2,144 |
| Arizona | #397 | 7 | 1 in 2,112 |
| Oklahoma | #436 | 5 | 1 in 3,076 |
| Washington | #444 | 6 | 1 in 3,131 |
| Kentucky | #502 | 5 | 1 in 4,638 |
| Florida | #559 | 10 | 1 in 4,295 |
| North Carolina | #664 | 5 | 1 in 6,975 |
| Texas | #797 | 13 | 1 in 7,259 |
| Ohio | #958 | 5 | 1 in 14,050 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Summer
- 9 spots since 2024 (#142 → #151)
- Same as 2020 (#151)
- 42 spots since 2015 (#193 → #151)
- Biggest jump: 305 spots in 1971 (#1,168 → #863)
- Biggest drop: 32 spots in 1982 (#179 → #211)
- Debuted 1949
- Peaked 1977 at #119 (2,447 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1971–2025
- Highest: 1 in 627 girls born in 1977 were named Summer (0.16%)
- Latest: 1 in 815 girls born in 2025 (0.12%)
- 24.3% of all girls named Summer (22,198) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #5,244 (1949) | #5,244 |
| 1950s | 149 | #2,341 (1955) | #2,623 |
| 1960s | 384 | #1,259 (1969) | #1,990 |
| 1970s | 9,031 | #119 (1977) | #498 |
| 1980s | 12,169 | #159 (1980) | #223 |
| 1990s | 18,807 | #131 (1998) | #182 |
| 2000s | 22,198 | #140 (2005) | #153 |
| 2010s | 16,905 | #163 (2010) | #187 |
| 2020s | 11,673 | #141 (2023) | #146 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Summer in 1973
Top girls' names in 1973
Top boys' names in 1973
More about 1973
girls
1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 7,925 of them was named Summer, which outranked 92.3% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 259,763 of them was named Summer, which outranked 23.3% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,054Zakary7
- #4,054Zalmen7
- #4,054Zubin7
- #4,505Summer6
- #4,505Abdu6
- #4,505Abelino6
- #4,505Able6
- #5,101Abdalla5
- #5,101Abiel5
- #5,101Abrahm5
Tied with 595 names at #4,505; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
- ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
- ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
- ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
- ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.